cover image Country Bear's Surprise

Country Bear's Surprise

Larry Dane Brimner. Boyds Mills Press, $7.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-56397-674-2

A roly-poly bear's friends torment him by pretending to forget his birthday, ignoring his increasingly dramatic hints. Soft colored-pencil drawings shed a happy haze on the eventual surprise party. Ages 3-6. (Oct.)